https://open-collections.okfn.org/items/browse?tags=biology&amp%3Bamp%3Bsort_field=Dublin+Core%2CCreator&amp%3Bsort_field=added&amp%3Bsort_dir=a&output=atom2019-09-15T10:26:18+00:00Omekahttps://open-collections.okfn.org/items/show/129Museum Victoria has adopted an Open Access Policy that covers release of collections information. To that end, elements of each record that are 'data' are CC0 (CC zero). Authored text on each page is licensed as CC-BY 4.0. Rights for images are individually stated (this is still ongoing work). At September 2015, more than 83,700 images are copyright Museum Victoria and are released as CC-BY 4.0. Another 32,800 are released as Public Domain. We plan further open releases of images over time.

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This site allows users to explore the natural sciences and humanities collections of Museum Victoria in Australia, featuring collections of zoology, geology, palaeontology, history, indigenous cultures and technology. Over 1.15 million records were presented at launch in 2015, accompanied by 170,000 images.

Museum Victoria has adopted an Open Access Policy that covers release of collections information. To that end, elements of each record that are 'data' are CC0 (CC zero). Authored text on each page is licensed as CC-BY 4.0. Rights for images are individually stated (this is still ongoing work). At September 2015, more than 83,700 images are copyright Museum Victoria and are released as CC-BY 4.0. Another 32,800 are released as Public Domain. We plan further open releases of images over time.

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Online collections of the Yorkshire Museum, York Art Gallery and York Castle Museum. Covering: Archaeology, Biology, Costume and Textiles, Decorative Arts, Fine Art, Geology. Military History. Numismatics, Photographs, Social History

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CC BY-SA

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English

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Yorkshire Museum, York Art Gallery and York Castle Museum

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United Kingdom

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Martin Fell - Digital Team Leader
martin.fell@ymt.org.uk

Curator's Choice

Pat Hadley, Sarah King and Stuart Ogilvy from The Yorkshire Museum (York Museums Trust), present a fascinating selection of photographs from the collection of Tempest Anderson, the pioneering Victorian volcanologist.

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The United States National Library of Medicine (NLM), operated by the United States federal government, is the world's largest medical library. Its collections include more than seven million books, journals, technical reports, manuscripts, microfilms, photographs, and images on medicine and related sciences including some of the world's oldest and rarest works. Its Digital Projects section houses many online collections of material, including the wonderful “Historical Anatomies on the Web”, and also curated online exhibitions.

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English

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United States National Library of Medicine (NLM)

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US

Curator's Choice

Michael J. North, Head of Rare Books and Early Manuscripts in NLM’s History of Medicine Division, takes a look at one the highlights of the Library’s Turning the Pages project, a Mongolian manuscript concerned with interpreting the heavens.